Sporting Digest: Golf

HENNESSY CUP (Refrath, Cologne) Leading second-round scores (GB and Irl unless stated): 138 K Lunn (Aus) 67 71. 139 P Wright 70 69. 140 L Neumann (Swe) 69 71, A Nicholas 69 71. 141 H Alfredsson (Swe) 71 70. 142 D Reid 74 68, L Lambert (Aus) 71 71, K Parker (US) 70 72. 143 L Davies 71 72, C Hall 70 73. 144 K Pearce (Aus) 72 72, S Prosser 72 72, H Wadsworth 71 73, A Sorenstam (Swe) 71 73. 145 L Fairclough 75 70, S Waugh (Aus) 73 72, C Dibnah (Aus) 72 73, M Koch (Ger) 71 74, P Grice-Whittaker 70 75, G Stewart 70 75. * denotes amateur

MOTOROLA WESTERN OPEN (Lemont, Illinois) Leading first-round scores (US unless stated): 66 B Gilder, P Mickelson, J Huston, B Glasson, S Murphy. 67 D Rummells, A Bean, S Hoch, N Price (Zimb), S Lamontagne, G Kraft, M Calcavecchia. 68 B Estes, M Heinen, F Couples, T Purtzer, C Beck, B Crenshaw, J Sluman, M O'Meara.

PGA PHILANTHROPY OPEN (Tokyo) Leading second-round scores (Japanese unless stated): 135 N Serizawa 69 66; T Nishikawa 68 67; Y Niizeki 67 68. 136 R Backwell (Aus) 68 68. 137 T Sugihara 68 69; S Fujiki 67 70; B Watts (US) 66 71. 138 T Odate 70 68; H Miyase 69 69; H Sasaki 68 70; S Kuraoka 67 71.

UNITED STATES SENIOR OPEN (Pinehurst, North Carolina) Leading first- round scores (US unless stated): 66 J Albus, S Hobday (SA). 68 G Marsh (Aus), W Carey. 69 T Wargo, L Trevino, J Kiefer, I Aoki (Japan), J Nicklaus, T Shaw, R Floyd.